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The firm of Saul Ewing LLP has announced that Charles M. Lizza has joined the firm as a partner in the Litigation Department in the firm's Newark, New Jersey office.
Mr. Lizza is an experienced litigator who handles complex commercial litigation, including products liability cases and insurance matters. He also concentrates his practice on patent...

Forty-one Akerman Senterfitt attorneys have been named to Florida Trend magazine's 2007 Legal Elite, a select list of the state's top attorneys, representing less than 1.5 percent of The Florida Bar. J. Thomas Cardwell, chairman and CEO of Akerman Senterfitt, was named among the Legal Elite's nine Top Managing Partners in the state. In addition, Akerman...

Helping lawyers find opportunities for meaningful pro bono work in their communities is the goal of a project jointly sponsored by the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, the ABA Center for Pro Bono and Pro Bono Net.

In recognition of its efforts to educate, enlighten and inform the nonprofit community, the Community Advisory Boards of Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21 inducted the Pro Bono Partnership into their Community Hall of Fame on June 27 in a ceremony at the Thirteen/WNET studio in Manhattan.
The Partnership was recognized for its exemplary efforts in addressing...

Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A. has announced that BridgetD. Asplund has joined the firm as director of recruiting.
Ms. Asplund previously worked at Haley Stuart LLC where shewas responsible for the recruitment of attorneys at top law firms and corporations.

ONSITE3 has announced the addition of voice-to-text conversion capabilities to its Electronic Evidence Enterprise (E3) Platform for fast Electronic Discovery processing. In addition to this new voice-to-text conversion feature, text transcripts and original media files can also be hosted within ONSITE3's eView document review platform in order to...

Loeb & Loeb LLP has announced that Warren MacRae will join the firm's New York office as a partner in the firm's Intellectual Property Litigation Group. He joins the firm from Bryan Cave LLP's New York office.
Mr. MacRae brings with him a strong background in chemical patent matters, with particular emphasis in the areas of pharmaceuticals,...

Bracewell & Giuliani LLP has announced the opening of its office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Dubai office will be led by partner David M. Stockwell, a 25-year resident and legal practitioner and a former senior United States diplomat in residence there.

Nixon Peabody LLP has announced that Mark Greene has joined the firm as chief marketing officer. Dr. Greene, who has been working in legal marketing since 1984, will be based in the firm's Washington, DC office.
Dr. Greene brings marketing practices of global corporations to the legal industry with an approach to marketing strategy and tactics...

Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A. has announced the launch of the NMM Women's Forum, a group comprised of approximately 30 women attorneys who excel in nearly every area of law. The mission of the NMM Women's Forum is to promote the advancement of women while drawing on the particular legal expertise of its members in cooperationwith other women leaders...

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP has announced that five attorneys have been elected to partnership in the firm.
They include: Christie Grymes, in the Advertising group in Washington, DC; Michael Lynch in the Litigation group in New York City; Andrew Pillsbury in the Corporate group in Chicago; Philip Robben in the Litigation group in New York City, and...

Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross P.C. has announced that Jeffrey J. Greenbaum, a Member of the firm and chair of the Class Actions Practice Group, was sworn in as President of the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey on June 7.
Mr. Greenbaum is an active litigator and trial attorney in the federal and state courts with a specialty in complex...

Fentress Bracewell, one of the founders of what is currently Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, died on June 13 in Houston after suffering from Alzheimer's disease for many years. He was 85.
Mr. Bracewell attended Baylor University, where the man known as "Brace" to his friends met his future wife, Muriel, to whom he was married for 54 years.
After...

Bettina B. Plevan, a partner at Proskauer Rose LLP, has been named one of the 50 most influential women lawyers in America by National Law Journal magazine. Ms. Plevan, who serves as co-chair of Proskauer's International Labor & Employment Practice, was cited for her work promoting diversity and pro bono initiatives while president of the New York City...

King & Spalding has announced that Ethan Horwitz, a top-ranked trademark and patent litigator, has joined its New York office as a partner in the firm's intellectual; property practice.
King & Spalding's intellectual property practice has grown at an average rate of one new partner a month since September 2006. Mr. Horwitz's arrival marks the...

Sixty-two partners at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP have been designated as leaders in their respective fields in the 2007 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business.
Based on market research and the recommendations of general counsel and lawyers in private practice, Chambers USA identifies the top practitioners in more...

Amper, Politziner & Mattia, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants, has announced that two principals have been promoted to officers of the firm.
Paula Young, CPA, has been named an officer in the firm's Audit & Assurance Department. Ms. Young has more than 16 years of experience serving both public and private companies in various...

West Monitor Suite has added West IP Monitor, the only advanced analytical tool available in the market for tracking and mapping U.S. Patent and Trademark Office actions and patent litigation activity in support of law firm business development.

Shannon Sentman, an attorney in Holland & Knight's Washington, DC office, has earned the elite Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) accreditation by the U.S. Green Building Council, a coalition committed to transforming the building industry to sustainability.

SPi, a leading provider of electronic discovery and document coding services to the legal industry, has announced the official opening of its New York office located in the Lincoln Building at 60 East 42nd Street.
The facility serves as a hub for SPi's legal sales and consulting operations - which concentrate on providing litigation support to law...

ONSITE3 has announced the release of its new eView Review Platform for automated document review and online repository hosting. The platform is designed for law firms and corporations that need improved efficiency and effectiveness for handling large and complex document review projects.